title: The predisposition to thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is due to a genetic variant in the inward-rectifying potassium channel, KCNJ2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, N.T., Hong Kong SAR; Functional Genomics and Biostatistical Computing Laboratory, Shenzhen Research Institute of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Xingyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chun Chung
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Xiaoqiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Gary T C
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Clive S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Cockram
authors.forename: Hoi Kei
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: Jinglin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Nelson L S
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D020514:Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013696:Temperature; D013785:Thailand
chemical_list: C489457:KCNJ2 protein, human; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying